Kon-Tiki, the record of Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 raft journey across the Pacific Ocean, is the focus of three classroom activities. In a lesson on connotation and bias language, class members record instances of Heyerdahl's word choice....

Students explain heroic pattern and use it to identify heroes from classical mythology and from readings o fthe Polynesian Voyaging Society.

In this informational text comprehension worksheet, 3rd graders read the passage about Easter Island and answer 10 multiple choice questions about Easter Island.

Fifth graders describe the location and physical environment of Easter Island. This description include: identification of the closet continent to Easter Island, ocean in which Easter Island is located, and some geographical features of...

Students become history detectives as they research, and later discuss, various theories about Rapa Nui. They study written language using symbols and create their own symbol language.

In this ESL worksheet, students answer 10 multiple-choice questions about bananas. For example, "Bananas are an excellent source of..."

In this commas and Easter Island worksheet, students read three uses for commas in a box at the top of the paper. They punctuate 12 sentences properly by adding commas and periods where they belong.

Pupils use a modified version for the steps of writing.

Students explore the process of bookmaking that has its origins from many different international cultures. The multicultural symbolism represented by the medium is utilized by students to expres their identity.

In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the acquisition of new vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.

This site includes publishing history, excerpts,contemporary criticism and reviews for the Herman Melville work.

The home page of Encyclopedia Mythica from which you can access its full range of content on myths from throughout the world. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese mythology are the site's most popular areas, but many...

Discover the myth of how the Polynesian Islands came to exist. Learn how Maui of a Thousand Tricks made the island as he was fishing.

Describes different writing strategies to be used with analogies to help get a point across. Gives three good examples.

This site is a highly detailed unit plan. That crosses almost all the disciplines, with "Call it Courage," as the beginning point. Links to a .pdf file and Word versions of handouts are available.